Culinary Institute of America
Hyde Park, New York
- Two-year college
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb
- 3,011 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 643 finishedGraduates here earned $39,688 a year after finishingNationally: $34,674
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesBachelor's degree · 94 finishedGraduates here earned $48,130 a year after finishingNationally: $41,017
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $34,731per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $62,010sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $41,425Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 56%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 50%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $47,3566 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $57,60810 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $12,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 70%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 13%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Culinary Institute of America, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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